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01/22/2013

Steak Sandwiches

Another fun evening of cooking for me! I took a break from my crocheting and decided to spend a good hour in the kitchen for fun (could've been done faster, I bet, if I would've stopped texting), cooking up Steak Sandwiches for last night's dinner (and quite a few left over for Jordan's work lunches).

Here is my recipe:

Steak Sandwiches

Ingredients:

- 1 yellow onion

- (2) two 12 oz boneless beef top loin steaks (New York Strip)

- Olive oil

- Salt

- Pepper

- 5 large Kaiser rolls

- Sliced sharp cheddar cheese

- Mustard Mayo

Mustard Mayo:

Combine:

- 3/4 cup mayo

- 2 tablespoons mustard

- 2 tablespoons sour cream

- salt to taste

To begin, cut the onion into medium rings, then cut each round into thirds so you're keeping the strips pretty large.

Set a skillet on medium-low heat, and add olive oil to coat the bottom. Add the oinions for sauteeing. Sautee for 15 mins, or until nicely carmelized.

Here are mine just put on the heat:

Now to work with the steaks. Make these are thawed all the through, as we will be cutting them into strips. (I cut mine into strips, as my husband enjoys steak cooked well done. If you would rather have a rare steak, keep the steaks whole. In a skillet on high heat with olive oil covering bottom, sear each side of the steak for one minute. Turn heat down to medium and continue cooking for ten minutes, flipping once at the five minute mark. Then cut into strips for the sandwich)

I cut off the thick excess fat, this is optional. Then I sliced up each steak into thin strips. Some of the strips were pretty long, so I chose to half those pieces. Again, that is optional.

In a large skillet (olive oil covering the bottom) on medium heat, throw the strips in, season with plenty of salt and pepper, and cook until brown throughout. Stir constantly and take off the heat as soon as they are all browned. I didn't want to risk the pieces turning hard or dry if I left them on too long.

With the onions still sauteeing... mmm. Smelled delicious.

Brown! Take off the heat ^

Cut the Kaiser rolls into buns, and spread on the Mustard Mayo.

Add the steak strips to the bun bottoms; I used a pair of tongs, grabbed a bunch of meat from the skillet and shook off the excess oils and grease before adding it to the sandwich.

I topped the meat with the sharp cheddar, then with the yummy sauteed oinions (doing the same with tongs and shaking straight from the skillet).